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South Africa women's national cricket team

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South Africa
Nickname(s)Proteas
AssociationCricket South Africa
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull member (1909)
ICC regionAfrica
Women's Tests
First WTestv  England at St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth; 2–5 December 1960
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  Ireland at Stormont, Belfast; 5 August 1997
Women's World Cup appearances(first in 1997)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances(first in 2008)
Best resultChampions (2008)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  New Zealand at the County Ground, Taunton; 10 August 2007
Women's T20 World Cup appearances(first in 2009)

The South Africa women's national cricket team represents South Africa in women's cricket. They have full membership in the International Cricket Council. They played their first Women's One Day International in 1997. The team have been an important group at the Women's Cricket World Cup and at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup since 1997.

South Africa Women made their Test cricket debut in 1960, against England Women, becoming the fourth women's team to play at international level (after Australia Women, England Women, and New Zealand Women).[1][better source needed]

References

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  1. "Top 5 Female Cricket Teams In The World, 2022". Female Cricket. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.